Major sports car brand forced to recall 1000s of motors over braking issue discovered on popular EV
A MAJOR sports car brand has been forced to recall thousands of motors after a braking issue was discovered on one of its EVs.
The firm has called in all versions of the model around the world made in the last four years thanks to the fault.
Porsche issued the recall on its Taycan EV after discovering that some suffered from a problem with the front brake hose.
The defect causes a crack to develop in the hose, allowing brake fluid to leak out.
This in turn reduces the pressure in the brake system and makes it less effective.
If left unremedied, it could cause at least a partial brake failure.
Porsche has insisted that the issue has only been discovered in a small number of cars and that most remain safe to drive.
The rest work fine
Kevin Giek
The manufacturer has not revealed how many cars have been affected, but over 150,000 are subject to the recall notice.
They added that, if a car developed the issue, a warning light will appear on the dashboard.
If you see a warning light you should drive the car to your nearest Porsche dealer immediately, where they can fix the hose.
That is unless the warning light is red, in which case you should stop using the vehicle and call Porsche.
However, the firm insisted that cars not displaying the warning light remain safe.
Kevin Giek, manager of the Taycan project, said: “We conducted some internal quality analysis and determined that some failure can occur in some special cases.
“Safety is our top priority, so we decided we needed to optimise the brake hoses on the front axle and decided on a new construction.
“We have redesigned the hoses with new length, braking points and a new kinematic, and that makes us very sure that we won’t see this failure any more.
“If a customer gets the warning, they should really heed it and ask for a date and maintenance.
“But the rest work fine.”